New study supposedly puts humans in Britain 800,000 years ago. Aside from the accuracy of dating techniques the major question is how humans of that era might have dealt with the frigid winters there. The study concludes that the answer to this is unclear. However, as possibilities it suggests physical adaptation to the cold, seasonal migrations, and advances in the technologies of clothing, shelter, control of fire and hunting (both for skins to make clothing and shelter, and for food during periods of sparse vegetation). The humans were an as-yet undetermined Homo species but most probably Homo Antecessor. It is speculated that they entered the region when the climate was warmer and hung on instead of leaving as it grew colder. The findings have been published in the British journal,
Nature.